lateness; tardiness; arriving late
without missing (a day of) work
absence from work without permission
shopping; purchased goods
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
hospitalization; hospitalisation
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
earnings from a part-time job
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
on duty; at work; while working
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
espresso (coffee); expresso
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
after school (at the end of the day)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
to turn completely into; to become completely
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
question; inquiry; enquiry
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated